War, drugs, and the war on drugs
17-January-2005, Switzerland, International Relations and Security Network
With the belated realization that the war in Afghanistan has turned the country once again into a narco-state, Washington has announced an increase in aid to Afghanistan from US$130 to US$780 to combat the opium and heroin trade. But the US record ...
Cost of drugs, Price of fame
13-January-2005, United Kingdom, Scotsman.com
WE’RE all on drugs. He’s on booze, she’s on fags, you’re on Aspirin. I’m high on life (joke!). But some drugs are legal and some illegal. Don’t ask me why. I’m a journalist not an expert.
If ... Drugs Were Legal took us forward to 2009 when all ...
French Chef Jailed in Singapore Drugs Case
10-January-2005, Singapore, Scotsman.com
Award-winning French chef Francois Fabien Mermilliod was sentenced to the minimum term of one year in prison today in connection with a high-profile drug case in Singapore.
Mermilliod, 29, was one six foreigners charged in the case, including the ...
The Ending of the Rockefeller Drug Penalties Is ...
09-January-2005, United States, The New York Times
By LESLIE EATON
Published: February 9, 2005
EDFORD HILLS, N.Y. - If any group of prison inmates has attracted public sympathy, it was the women whose first brush with the law left them locked up here for 15 years or more on drug ...
Number of deaths blamed on drugs falls
07-January-2005, Germany, FAZ Weekly
The number of deaths caused by illegal drug use fell during 2004 to its lowest level since 1989, a survey conducted by the Associated Press showed this week. A total of 1,324 people died as a result of illegal drug use, the survey found. That ...
Anti-Reefer Madness Makes Drug War Victims Turn ...
05-January-2005, United States, RedNova News
Three decades before the current medicinal marijuana debate now before the U.S. Supreme Court, Illinois did the right thing. It passed a state law in 1978 making it legal for some sick people to seek medical relief by smoking a little ...
Legalizing street drugs an experiment worth ...
03-January-2005, United States, The Seattle Times
Can a single city do anything to change drug policies that are delivering terror to our inner-city streets, diverting police, clogging our courts, breaking up families, and making a once-proud America quite literally the incarceration capital of the ...
The War On Drugs: One of America Greatest ...
01-January-2005, United States, OpEdNews.com
It is relatively easy to make claims that the United States government is waging war on its own people. It was claimed during Prohibition, the Vietnam War, and now the War on Terror. However, it is in most all instances a significantly more ...
Changing tactics in war on drugs
27-December-2004, United States, The Daily News
A proposal by a state House member should give us all cause to take a hard look at America's war on drugs.
The state legislator, Rep. Alice Bordsen, D-Alamance, is suggesting that non-violent youthful offenders who have committed felonies be ...
Group aids students denied loans due to drugs
19-December-2004, United States, boston.com
A coalition that wants change in the government's policy on drugs is raising money to give scholarships to students who have lost their federal financial aid for college because of drug convictions.
The effort is supported by US Representative ...
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